A few of you have inquired about this recipe so I am posting it. Peaches and blueberries are peaking in sweetness and flavor right now so they need little adornment. I served them over fresh ricotta sweetened with a little honey and topped with Pistachio Granola from Bread Alone. I think it would work just [...]
This luscious dessert was one of the favorite dishes at a Southwestern cuisine class that Kiki and I taught at Whole Foods this week. You would never know it to taste it, but its actually raw and vegan. The secret ingredient is avocado, which helps give the mousse its creamy texture and coconut oil and [...]
I love these cookies for a couple reasons. First of all, they are delicate and tiny. I’ve really come to appreciate the small cookie lately, especially in comparison to all of those monstrosities out there, the size of my head and dripping with fillings. I prefer the single bite with lots of flavor. That’s the [...]
The CSA I belong to provides many opportunities for creative culinary thinking. This summer my challenge was green beans and squash and how to use them in different ways each week when tons arrived so that I didn’t get sick to death of them. I mean, really, a pound of green beans each week? Oy. This fall, my challenge [...]
This has been a rough week for me and my family and we’ve been in need of some serious comfort food. Personally, I feel that bread pudding is as comforting as it gets. I especially love this dessert because the richness of the custard is cut by the tartness of spring rhubarb. Its particularly tasty [...]
I've recently moved my life from Brooklyn, New York to Sonoma County, California to pursue a life in food and wine. I am now the executive chef at [big bottom market] and this blog chronicles my adventures out here in wine country.
